Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive

Concepts

• national tide gauge network
• oceanography and hydrology
• tide gauge data network
• quality assurance
• gauges
• network
• quality controlling
• archive
• continuity of the long-term data record
• environment agency

Location

Description

The Environment Agency is responsible for the management of The National Tide Gauge Network on behalf of the UK Coastal Flood Forecasting service. The network consists of c.135 sensors situated at 42 strategically important sites around the UK coastline. These gauges have a variety of uses within real time operational coastal flood forecasting, flood risk management mapping and planning, and sea level studies. To ensure that the data are of use and continued value to UKCFF partners as well as the wider community we need to ensure that the continuity of the long-term data record is maintained, quality controlled, archived to a common standard and publicly accessible. In the coming weeks, The Environment Agency's Monitoring Contracts Team will be going out to tender for the Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive contract. This will comprise of a number of elements encompassing receiving, quality controlling, compiling, storing and publishing data; maintaining site records and producing reports .

CPV Codes

• 71351920 - Oceanography and hydrology services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

If you have proven credibility and experience of Quality assurance of marine time series for and can demonstrate a strong and consistent processing methodologies for making high quality tide gauge data available for our community of users please ensure that you are registered with the Environment Agency's new procurement portal to receive this ITT when it is published. If you would like to receive this ITT when it is published, please ensure that you are registered with the Environment Agency's new procurement portal and email the below address using the title Tide Gauge Data Network: Quality Assurance & Archive in your email. If you have not accessed the portal before you will need to click register from the landing pace and complete the required form https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome To search for tendering opportunities that have been published by the buying organisation, click Find Opportunities